Unit 11. Books

Mr Vu Thanh Tung
Luc Ngan high school No 4
WHAT IS THE WORD?

1. It is a noun with four letters.
2. It can be your friend or even your teacher.
3. It gives you knowledge about the world.
4. It can be found in the library
BOOK
What kinds of books
do you often read ?
NOVEL
MAGAZINES
DETECTIVE
Before you listen
The benefits of reading books.
get information
improve our knowledge
relax our mind
express our ideas from books
Know about wonders of the world
When I were a child, I were interested in reading fairy tales.
fairy tale:
Chuyện cổ tích
vocabulary
jungle = tropical forest: rừng nhiệt đới


To get up with = to be tired of
Ex: I get up with doing the same work day by day

Cope with

To cope with difficulties
vocabulary
Magazines (n): tạp chí
Continually = repeatedly = without stpopping
otherwise (adv): mặt khác
gigantic (adj) = very big = huge: khổng lồ
Profitably (adv): có lợi,có ích
Available (adj): sẵn có
Bygone (adj): = past: quá khứ
Ignorantly (adv): lacking of knowledge: ngu dốt
Fairy tale (n): chuyện cổ tích
Jungle (n) rừng nhiệt đới
To cope with: đương đầu với
To get fed up >< to be interested in: chán ngấy
Task 1.You will hear a student talk about his hobby. Listen to his talk and decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).
The writer started his hobby when he was young.
His parents were interested in reading fairy tales and other stories to him.
The writer didn’t start with ABC books.
Now he reads all the books available.
Reading helps the writer to know many things.
According to the writer, by reading he does not have to study hard.
The writer is able to know about a tiger through reading.
Books might help him in his daily life.
T
F

1. The writer started his hobby when he was young
2. His parents were interested in reading fairy
tales and other stories to him.
3. The writer didn’t start with ABC books.
4. Now he reads all the books available.
F
T
II. While you listen :
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started with simple
just about anything that is
A. Task 1 : You will hear a student talk about his hobby. Listen to his talk and decide whether the statements are True (T) or False (F) :
Soon his parents got fed up with having to read
to him continually.
7. The writer is able to know about tiger through reading
6. According to the writer, by reading he does not have to study hard
8. Books might help him in his daily life.
5. Reading helps the writer to know many things
F
T
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Reading enables me to learn about so many things
certainly
II. While you listen :
Task 2. Listen again and write the missing words.
The (1)_________ thing about reading is that I do not have to learn thing very hard way. For example, I do not have to catch a (2)___________ to know that it can kill me. I know the danger so I can avoid it. Also I do not have to go deep into the (3)________ to find out about tigers. I can read all about it in a book.
Books provide the reader with so many facts and so much information. They have (4)_________ helped me in my daily life. I am better equipped to cope with living. Otherwise I would go about (5)_________ learning things the hard way.
So I continued to read. Reading is indeed a good hobby.
adj
noun
noun
adv
adv
wonderful
desease
certainly
jungle
ignorantly
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Task 2: Multiple Choice.
A. any kind of material
C. story books
B. newspapers and magazines
D. All of them
A. interested
B. bored
C. excited
D. sad
A. tiger
B. lion
C. chicken
D. monkey
A. know many things
B. feel more confident
A. never
B. sometimes
C. indeed
D. hardly
What kinds of books does he like to read?
2. How did his parents feel when they read to him continually?
3. What animal is mentioned in the tape script?
4. Reading helps the writer to …………………. .
5. According to the tape, reading is …………. a good hobby.
C. relax
D. Have more friends

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Discussion: Talk about the disadvantages of over-reading (reading too much).
be short
-sighted
don’t have time for study and other social activities
be lazy
spend much money buying books